(36) CHAPTER. The Ghazwa of Al- Hudaibiya.
Narrated Anas: Allah's Apostle performed four `Umras, all in the month of Dhul-Qa'da, except the one which he performed with his Hajj (i.e. in Dhul-Hijja). He performed one `Umra from Al-Hudaibiya in Dhul- Qa'da, another `Umra in the following year in Dhul Qa'da a third from Al-Jirana where he distributed the war booty of Hunain, in Dhul Qa'da, and the fourth `Umra he performed was with his Hajj.
Narrated Abu Qatada: We set out with the Prophet in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and all his companions assumed the state of Ihram but I did not.
Narrated Al-Bara: Do you (people) consider the conquest of Mecca, the Victory (referred to in the Qur'an 48:1). Was the conquest of Mecca a victory? We really consider that the actual Victory was the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance which we gave on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (to the Prophet) . On the day of Al-Hudaibiya we were fourteen hundred men along with the Prophet Al-Hudaibiya was a well, the water of which we used up leaving not a single drop of water in it. When the Prophet was informed of that, he came and sat on its edge. Then he asked for a utensil of water, performed ablution from it, rinsed (his mouth), invoked (Allah), and poured the remaining water into the well. We stayed there for a while and then the well brought forth what we required of water for ourselves and our riding animals.
Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib: That they were in the company of Allah's Apostle on the day of Al-Hudaibiya and their number was 1400 or more. They camped at a well and drew its water till it was dried. When they informed Allah's Apostle of that, he came and sat over its edge and said, Bring me a bucket of its water. When it was brought, he spat and invoked (Allah) and said, Leave it for a while. Then they quenched their thirst and watered their riding animals (from that well) till they departed.
Narrated Salim: Jabir said On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, the people felt thirsty and Allah's Apostle had a utensil containing water. He performer ablution from it and then the people came towards him. Allah's Apostle said, 'What is wrong with you?' The people said, 'O Allah's Apostle! We haven't got any water to perform ablution with or to drink, except what you have in your utensil.' So the Prophet put his hand in the utensil and the water started spouting out between his fingers like springs. So we drank and performed ablution. I said to Jabir, What was your number on that day? He replied, Even if we had been one hundred thousand, that water would have been sufficient for us. Anyhow, we were 1500.'
Narrated Qatada: I said to Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, I have been informed that Jabir bin `Abdullah said that the number (of Al-Hudaibiya Muslim warriors) was 1400. Sa`id said to me, Jabir narrated to me that they were 1500 who gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet on the day of Al-Hudaibiya.'
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, Allah's Apostle said to us' You are the best people on the earth! We were 1400 then. If I could see now, I would have shown you the place of the Tree (beneath which we gave thePledge of Allegiance). Salim said, Our number was 1400.
`Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa said, The people (who gave the Pledge of allegiance) under the Tree numbered 1300 and the number of Bani Aslam was 1/8 of the Emigrants.
Narrated Mirdas Al-Aslami: Who was among those (who had given the Pledge of allegiance) under the Tree: Pious people will die in succession, and there will remain the dregs of society who will be like the useless residues of dates and barley and Allah will pay no attention to them.
Narrated Marwan and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: The Prophet went out in the company of 1300 to 1500 of his companions in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and when they reached Dhul-Hulaifa, he garlanded and marked his Hadi and assumed the state of Ihram.
Narrated Marwan and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: The Prophet went out in the company of 1300 to 1500 of his companions in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and when they reached Dhul-Hulaifa, he garlanded and marked his Hadi and assumed the state of Ihram.
Narrated Ka`b bin Ujra: That Allah's Apostle saw him with the lice falling (from his head) on his face. Allah's Apostle said, Are your lice troubling you? Ka`b said, Yes. Allah's Apostle thus ordered him to shave his head while he was at Al-Hudaibiya. Up to then there was no indication that all of them would finish their state of Ihram and they hoped that they would enter Mecca. Then the order of Al-Fidya was revealed, so Allah's Apostle ordered Ka`b to feed six poor persons with one Faraq of food or slaughter a sheep or fast for three days.
Narrated Aslam: Once I went with `Umar bin Al-Khattab to the market. A young woman followed `Umar and said, O chief of the believers! My husband has died, leaving little children. By Allah, they have not even a sheep's trotter to cook; they have no farms or animals. I am afraid that they may die because of hunger, and I am the daughter of Khufaf bin Ima Al-Ghafari, and my father witnessed the Pledge of allegiance) of Al-Hudaibiya with the Prophet.' `Umar stopped and did not proceed, and said, I welcome my near relative. Then he went towards a strong camel which was tied in the house, and carried on to it, two sacks he had loaded with food grains and put between them money and clothes and gave her its rope to hold and said, Lead it, and this provision will not finish till Allah gives you a good supply. A man said, O chief of the believers! You have given her too much. `Umar said disapprovingly. May your mother be bereaved of you! By Allah, I have seen her father and brother besieging a fort for a long time and conquering it, and then we were discussing what their shares they would have from that war booty.
Narrated Aslam: Once I went with `Umar bin Al-Khattab to the market. A young woman followed `Umar and said, O chief of the believers! My husband has died, leaving little children. By Allah, they have not even a sheep's trotter to cook; they have no farms or animals. I am afraid that they may die because of hunger, and I am the daughter of Khufaf bin Ima Al-Ghafari, and my father witnessed the Pledge of allegiance) of Al-Hudaibiya with the Prophet.' `Umar stopped and did not proceed, and said, I welcome my near relative. Then he went towards a strong camel which was tied in the house, and carried on to it, two sacks he had loaded with food grains and put between them money and clothes and gave her its rope to hold and said, Lead it, and this provision will not finish till Allah gives you a good supply. A man said, O chief of the believers! You have given her too much. `Umar said disapprovingly. May your mother be bereaved of you! By Allah, I have seen her father and brother besieging a fort for a long time and conquering it, and then we were discussing what their shares they would have from that war booty.
Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab: That his father said, I saw the Tree (of the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance and when I returned to it later, I was not able to recognize it. (The sub--narrator MahmiJd said, Al-Musaiyab said, 'Then; forgot it (i.e., the Tree).)
Narrated Tariq bin `Abdur-Rahman: When I set out for Hajj, I passed by some people offering a prayer, I asked, What is this mosque? They said, This is the Tree where Allah's Apostle took the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance. Then I went to Sa`id bin Musaiyab and informed him about it. Sa`id said, My father said that he was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle beneath the Tree. He (i.e. my father) said, When we set out the following year, we forgot the Tree and were unable to recognize it. Then Sa`id said (perhaps ironically) The companions of the Prophet could not recognize it; nevertheless, you do recognize it; therefore you have a better knowledge.
Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab: That his father was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance (to the Prophet ) beneath the Tree, and the next year when they went towards the Tree, they were not able to recognize it.
Narrated Tariq: (The tree where the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance was taken by the Prophet) was mentioned before Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab. On that he smiled and said, My father informed me (about it) and he had witnessed it (i.e. the Pledge) .
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa: (Who was one of those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet beneath the Tree) When the people brought Sadaqa (i.e. rak`at) to the Prophet he used to say, O Allah! Bless them with your Mercy. Once my father came with his Sadaqa to him whereupon he (i.e. the Prophet) said. O Allah! Bless the family of Abu `Aufa.
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim: When it was the day (of the battle) of Al-Harra the people were giving Pledge of allegiance to `Abdullah bin Hanzala. Ibn Zaid said, For what are the people giving Pledge of allegiance to `Abdullah bin Hanzala? It was said to him, For death. Ibn Zaid said, I will never give the Pledge of allegiance for that to anybody else after Allah's Apostle . Ibn Zaid was one of those who had witnessed the day of Al-Hudaibiya with the Prophet.
Narrated Iyas bin Salama bin Al-Akwa`: My father who was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet beneath the Tree, said to me, We used to offer the Jumua prayer with the Prophet and then depart at a time when the walls had no shade for us to take shelter in.
Narrated Yazid bin Abi Ubaid: I said to Salama bin Al-Akwa`, For what did you give the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle on the day of Al-Hudaibiya? He replied, For death (in the Cause of Islam.).
Narrated Al-Musaiyab: I met Al-Bara bin `Azib and said (to him). May you live prosperously! You enjoyed the company of the Prophet and gave him the Pledge of allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) under the Tree. On that, Al- Bara' said, O my nephew! You do not know what we have done after him (i.e. his death).
Narrated Abu Qilaba: that Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak had informed him that he was one of those who had given the Pledge of allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) beneath the Tree.
Narrated Anas bin Malik: regarding Allah's Statement: Verily! We have granted you (O, Muhammad) Manifest victory. (48.1) It refers to the Al-Hudaibiya Pledge. And the companions of the Prophet said (to the Prophet), Congratulations and happiness for you; but what reward shall we get? So Allah revealed:-- That He may admit the believing men and women to gardens beneath which rivers flow. (48.5)
Narrated Zahir Al-Aslami: (who was one of those who had witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree) While I was making fire beneath the cooking pots containing donkey's meat, the announcer of Allah's Apostle announced, Allah's Apostle forbids you to eat donkey's meat.
The same narration was told by Majzaa from a man called Uhban bin Aus who was one of those who had witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree., and who had some trouble in his knee so that while doing prostrations, he used to put a pillow underneath his knee.
Narrated Suwaid bin An-Nu`man: who was one of those who witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree: Allah's Apostle and his companions were given Sawiq and they chewed it.
Narrated Abu Jamra: I asked Aidh bin `Amr, who was one of the companions of the Prophet one of those (who gave the allegiance to the Prophet the Tree: Can the witr prayer be repeated (in one night)? He said, If you have offered it in the first part of the night, you should not repeat it in the last part 'of the night. (See Fath-ul-Bari page 458 Vol 8th).
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam: My father said, Allah's Apostle was proceeding at night on one of his journeys and `Umar bin Al- Khattab was going along with him. `Umar bin Al-Khattab asked him (about something) but Allah's Apostle did not answer him. `Umar asked him again, but he did not answer him. He asked him again (for the third time) but he did not answer him. On that `Umar bin Al-Khattab addressed himself saying, May your mother be bereaved of you, O `Umar, for you have asked Allah's Apostle thrice, yet he has not answered you. `Umar said, Then I made my camel run fast and took it in front of the other Muslims, and I was afraid that something might be revealed in my connection. I had hardly waited for a moment when I heard somebody calling me. I said, 'I was afraid that something might have been revealed about me.' Then I came to Allah's Apostle and greeted him. He (i.e. the Prophet) said, 'Tonight there has been revealed to me, a Sura which is dearer to me than (all the world) on which the sun rises,' and then he recited: 'Verily! We have granted you (O Muhammad) A manifest victory. (48.1)